OBJECTIVES Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) is a prevalent pathogen worldwide. Methicillin resistant S. aureus (MRSA), which is usually multi-resistant in hospitals, has been a daunting challenge for clinicians for more than half a century. The aim of this systematic review and meta-analysis is to determine the relative frequency (R.F.) of MRSA in different regions of Iran. MATERIALS AND MET...

the adherence property of 70 verotoxigenice. coli (vtec) strains, not belonging to o157: h7 serotype (non-o157) was checked on hela cells adherence assay. these strains were isolated from patients with diarrhea and healthy individuals. the results obtained in this study revealed that localised adherence (la) was manifested by 3 strains of which two belonged to serogroups o111, o127 and the thir...

background and objectives: streptococcus pneumoniae is the most common cause of invasive infections among both young children and elderly people. common serotypes causing invasive diseases and the emergence of carriers of streptococcus pneumoniae in iran is not yet known. past-vaccine surveillance studies of serotype prevalence patterns in iran are necessary to monitor the epidemiology of strep...

antifungal and antibacterial activity of some heterocystous cyanobacteria from paddy-fields in the north of iran was studied. soil samples were collected from paddy-fields of gillan, mazandaran and golestan provinces and cyanobacteria were isolated. supernatants, methanolic and hexane extracts from biomass of 150 strains of cyanobacteria were isolated and screened against six strains of bacteri...

in this study, urease production was investigated among thirteen strains of aspergillus niger seven strains isolated from soils of semnan province in iran and six strains obtained from persian type culture collection (ptcc). the enzyme production was screened in two submerged media quantitatively. the registered ptcc 5011 and the native s31 strains showed more urease production than the other e...